{"id":1702,"date":"2025-09-17T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T09:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anchorsforlife.org\/?p=1702"},"modified":"2025-09-17T13:26:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T13:26:42","slug":"devoted-discipleship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anchorsforlife.org\/nl\/devoted-discipleship\/","title":{"rendered":"Devoted Discipleship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1702\" class=\"elementor elementor-1702\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2cab795 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2cab795\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c6bd75\" data-id=\"5c6bd75\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-288fdd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"288fdd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Devoted Discipleship<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c9f4b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c9f4b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cHe who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.\u201d<\/em><br \/><strong>Matthew 10:37<\/strong><\/p><p>People in Christ\u2019s day were looking for the Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6; Psalm 72). They did not realize that first the Lord must be rejected, suffer on the cross, and then the glory would follow (1 Peter 1:11). The Lord began to prepare His followers early for the conflict He must endure, a conflict they too would not be able to escape. We must remind ourselves again that the context here is about service, and the Lord is expressing the need for His disciples to give Him first place in their lives.<\/p><p>It is also helpful to realize that a new relationship was established through the finished work of the cross. The Lord emphasized this in Mark 3:31\u201335: <em data-start=\"1295\" data-end=\"1762\">\u201cThen His brothers and His mother came, and standing outside they sent to Him, calling Him. And a multitude was sitting around Him; and they said to Him, \u2018Look, Your mother and Your brothers are outside seeking You.\u2019 But He answered them, saying, \u2018Who is My mother, or My brothers?\u2019 And He looked around in a circle at those who sat about Him, and said, \u2018Here are My mother and My brothers! For whoever does the will of God is My brother and My sister and mother.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p><p>The Lord Jesus was teaching His followers that if we are going to be His disciples, He must have the priority in our lives. It has often been said: <em data-start=\"1914\" data-end=\"2054\">\u201cIn all believers\u2019 lives Christ is present; in some believers\u2019 lives He is prominent. But the real question is, is He preeminent in my life?\u201d<\/em><\/p><p>The thought here is that my heart ought to be fully devoted to Christ, and all other relationships must take second place. This is really the idea of sanctification. 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